Vortex IV 15.6"

[Causes]

This will mainly be my working station (I play poker professionally - need to have many softwares open at the same time and experience no lag/crashing). I do some video games aswell and want to play with good(high) settings. I do some traveling every now and then; battery life and weight seems to be ok for that. Also the laptops lifespan is important for me. I'm a bit dumb when it comes to these things, but can I attach 1-2 monitors to this laptop? DVD/Bluray drive probably isn't all that useful nowadays as you can just get everything virtually so it's probably ok to replace it with a HDD(?) and the Intel 2 sound card is fine for a bit more demanding audio play?

How does this setup look like - tyvm in advance ;


Chassis & Display
Vortex Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD LED Widescreen (1920x1080)

Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Quad Core Mobile Processor i7-4700MQ (2.40GHz) 6MB

Memory (RAM)
16GB KINGSTON HYPER-X GENESIS 1600MHz SODIMM DDR3 (2 x 8GB)

Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 780M - 4.0GB DDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 11

Memory - Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON HYPERX 3K SSD, SATA 6 Gb/s (upto 555MB/sR | 510MB/sW)

2nd Hard Disk
750GB WD SCORPIO BLACK WD7500BPKX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 16MB CACHE (7200 rpm)

DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
2nd/3rd HDD HARD DRIVE OPTICAL BAY CADDY

Memory Card Reader
Internal 9 in 1 Card Reader (MMC/RSMMC/SD: Mini, XC & HC/MS: Pro & Duo)

Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND (11 €)

Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Definition Audio + MIC/Headphone Jack

Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & KILLER™ 1202 WIRELESS GAMING 802.11N + BLUETOOTH 4.0

USB Options
3 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT AS STANDARD

Firewire
1 X 1394a FIREWIRE PORT

Battery
Vortex Series 8 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (5,200 mAh/76.96WH)

Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x European Power Lead & 180W AC Adaptor

Operating System
Genuine Windows 8.1 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (95 €)

Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft® Office® 365

Anti-Virus
NORTON ANTI-VIRUS 2014 - 1 Year Licence for 1 PC (13 €) *SPECIAL*

Laptop Cooling Stands
CoolerMaster NotePal I300 Quiet Laptop Cooler, upto 17.3 inch (35 €)

Carry Case
Targus City Gear 15" - 15.6" Laptop Backpack TCG650 (47 €)

Keyboard Language
INTEGRATED BACKLIT UK KEYBOARD WITH NUMBER PAD

Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE

Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM

Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour) (16 €)

Dead Pixel Guarantee
1 Year Dead Pixel Guarantee Inc. Labour & Carriage Costs (23 €)

Delivery
4 - 5 DAY DELIVERY TO FINLAND (46 €)

Build Time
FAST TRACK 3 WORKING DAY DISPATCH (83 €)

 

[mantadog]

You should be able to attach at least 1 monitor, I don't see a problem with attaching 2 but I have never really looked into it. The 780m is a powerful enough card to run your laptop screen + 2 monitors easily so I guess as long as the motherboard supports it then it wont be a problem.

But yes 100% you can do at least 1.

As far as downgrades go... you could knock it back to 8GB RAM, not quite sure how many poker tables you want open but 8GB should be plenty. if your looking to save a bit more then you could go with the 770m over the 780m. the 770m will still game well enough but isn't in the same league as the 780m when it comes to performance. So if gaming is important then the 780m is a good choice.

You could save yourself a great deal of cash by dropping the fast track, or even going for the 5 day service and also the silver warranty will not cover transport from Europe so I would drop that.

But if you can afford to keep everything the same then I would advise you do so as its fairly perfect already.